Day 7
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Coffee and breakfast outside while watching the lake and
birds around the campground. If it wasn’t
for the dang flies, camping like this would be awesome. This was our view while having breakfast this morning.
The Stetson Shores campground was beautiful and we had a
great spot under the trees. But there
was no wi-fi and no service on our phones.
Time to move on… After breakfast
we packed up and headed for the dump station to empty our tanks. For the first time, we hadn’t even
disconnected the trailer from the truck so leaving was a lot easier.
As we were packing up, I noticed a hose connection on the
rear of the trailer I hadn't seen before. The sticker next to
it said, “Black water tank flush.” I had
never noticed this before but my friend Scott had mentioned to me his new
trailer had something similar. After
arriving at the dump station and hooking up the discharge hose, I connected the
supplied water hose to the flush and turned it on. It sounded like the water was cleaning the
tank from the inside. Nice! We emptied and flushed for awhile then left
the campground.
Check out the nice, cozy spot they gave us. Only took me about 10 minutes to get the trailer in there. We're getting better at this.
After lunch, we closed up a bit, walked up to the office to check-in then caught the shuttle bus into town. As we were waiting for the bus with 4 other people, a group of 20 adults and children walked up. As we all loaded on the 35 passenger bus, the driver asked for the adults to stand because the kids couldn't reach the overhead hand-holds. Even then we could not get other people who came up because we reached the capacity of the bus.
The ride into Bar Harbor was a cross between a Disney ride and sailing in big waves. Not really much fun. After we unloaded at the town square I figured the town couldn't be as crowded as that bus. No, but close.... The place was packed with people of all ages and it was hard to move around on the sidewalks. The shuttle buses bring people from all the campgrounds and hotels on the island into the small town. Plus, there was a huge cruise ship moored in the harbor with a large ferry bringing the 5,000(?) passengers back and forth. It didn't take me long to just go find a bench in the park and just sit for awhile. Laura went into some of the shops and came back about 1/2 hour later with ice cream for both of us.
We did walk down by the water which was nice but the town was just too crowded for me to be happy. There were so many people in town, even the cell phone system was overloaded. I had 3 bars LTE and couldn't bring up any pages on my phone. Where did they all come from?
My cousin Mike had texted a friend of his in Bar Harbor that we were coming and, after a few exchanges, we met them at the Atlantic Brewing Company which they owned. Doug and Barb had lived in Bar Harbor for many years and built their brewing company into a major business. We had fun talking with them over a couple beers and appetizers. They had to leave after about an hour to pack for a vacation the next day. Doug was very gracious and wouldn't even let us pay for anything at the pub.
We then caught the shuttle back to our campground (still standing room only) and walked back to our campsite. It was kind of a long day and I hope we sleep well tonight.
Tomorrow we plan on taking the truck around the Acadia National Park on Park Loop Road. Doug gave us some tips on places to visit and a great place for a lobster lunch. I'll let you know how it was!
Day 7
72 miles - 676 total
$119.40 - $676.65 total (what's the odds our money spent would equal our mileage?)
$39.40 gas
$80.00 campsite (2 nights)
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